deflect

Great entrepreneurs get an inbound flow of information every minute of the day and deflect the noise.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Of course, so much of what’s otherwise known points a finger directly back at Taylor Farms, false-positive atom splitting notwithstanding, and there’s only so much the company can do to deflect.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

World Liberty said Sun was seeking to deflect attention from his own misconduct, and later filed its own lawsuit against Sun.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

“Mr. Sorsby did not deny, deflect, or delay in response,” the lawsuit states.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

She’d definitely lost her relaxed-but-in-touch vibe, was now shooting out gamma rays of straight worry, the kind that aren’t easy to deflect.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

The pastor instead deflects responsibility by playing the victim card.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

At best, blaming technology that helps property managers deflects from the real issue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

Michaels deflects the question, shifting the spotlight from him to the show: “I’m going to do it as long as I feel I can do it,” he said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2024

The magnetosphere is the shield that some planets have that deflects much of the solar wind.

From Science Daily ● May 6, 2024

But of course she deflects the question with, “I had better things to do.”

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Bruno Fernandes: Volleyed against the bar from a Mbuemo nod back, had another first-half effort deflected over and another blocked.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

"Large objects such as stars curve spacetime strongly -- for example, we can observe this when light rays are deflected by massive stars. But smaller masses also produce spacetime curvature, just to a lesser extent."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

The Galaxy goalkeeper reacted in time and deflected the shot with his right leg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

These can easily be deflected as hazards of the job.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

She waved us off, and I deflected tears by pouncing on Mawuli and hoisting him onto my shoulders.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

I had only one sartorial concern at the time: deflecting male attention whenever possible.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

Tuchel has spent recent months deflecting debate about whether Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham or Morgan Rogers of Aston Villa should take England's number 10 role when the stakes are at their highest.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

His press conferences are almost theatrically placid, Brunson often slouched in a hat and/or hooded sweatshirt and deflecting any effort to valorize his success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

When they arrive, the planet's magnetic field acts as a shield, deflecting most of the charged particles.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

She imagined it as a force field, deflecting all Rosa’s stupid comments.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older